Three Stories of Love

2015 Japanese film

Three Stories of Love

Theatrical release poster

Kanji| 恋人たち
Revised Hepburn| Koibito-tachi
Directed by| Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Screenplay by| Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Produced by| Seigo Fukada
Hitoshi Ono
Yosuke Hirata
Satoshi Aikawa[1]
Starring| Atsushi Shinohara
Tōko Narushima
Ryō Ikeda [ja]
Tamae Andō [ja]
Daisuke Kuroda [ja]
Takashi Yamanaka [ja]
Chika Uchida [ja]
Sō Yamanaka [ja]
Lily Franky
Hana Kino [ja]
Ken Mitsuishi
Cinematography| Shogo Ueno[1]
Edited by| Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Hitoshi Ono[1]
Music by| Akeboshi[1]

Production
companies

Shochiku Broadcasting [ja]
Arc Films[1]

Distributed by| Shochiku Broadcasting
Arc Films[2]

Release date

* November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)

Running time

| 140 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Three Stories of Love (恋人たち, Koibito-tachi) is a 2015 Japanese drama film edited, written, and directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi.[1][3][4] It was released on November 14, 2015.[4]

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Atsushi Shinohara[4]
* Tōko Narushima[4]
* Ryō Ikeda [ja][4]
* Tamae Andō [ja][4]
* Daisuke Kuroda [ja][4]
* Takashi Yamanaka [ja][4]
* Chika Uchida [ja][4]
* Sō Yamanaka [ja][4]
* Lily Franky[4]
* Hana Kino [ja][4]
* Ken Mitsuishi[4]

## Reception

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Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter said that the movie's "sensitive filmmaking communicates the quiet desperation of real-life love."[1]

At the 37th Yokohama Film Festival, the film was chosen as the second best Japanese film of 2015.[5] Ryōsuke Hashiguchi won the award for Best Director and Ken Mitsuishi won the award for Best Supporting Actor.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Deborah Young (18 November 2015). "'Three Stories of Love': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries, LLC. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. ^ "恋人たち". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2015.
3. ^ "Three Stories of Love". viff.org. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "恋人たち(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
5. ^ "2015年日本映画ベストテン". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
6. ^ "第３７回ヨコハマ映画祭 2015年日本映画個人賞". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2015.

## External links

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* Three Stories of Love at IMDb

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Films directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi

* A Touch of Fever (1993)
* Like Grains of Sand (1995)
* Hush! (2001)
* All Around Us (2008)
* Three Stories of Love (2015)

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Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

* Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
* Ima Hitotabi no (1947)
* Drunken Angel (1948)
* Late Spring (1949)
* Until We Meet Again (1950)
* Repast (1951)
* Ikiru (1952)
* An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
* Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
* Floating Clouds (1955)
* Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
* The Rice People (1957)
* The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
* Kiku to Isamu (1959)
* Her Brother (1960)
* A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
* Harakiri (1962)
* High and Low (1963)
* Woman in the Dunes (1964)
* Red Beard (1965)
* The Great White Tower (1966)
* Samurai Rebellion (1967)
* The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
* Double Suicide (1969)
* Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
* Silence (1971)
* The Long Darkness (1972)
* Tsugaru Folk Song (1973)
* Castle of Sand (1974)
* The Fossil (1975)
* Fumō Chitai (1976)
* The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
* The Incident (1978)
* Nomugi Pass (1979)
* Kagemusha (1980)
* Muddy River (1981)
* Fall Guy (1982)
* Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
* W's Tragedy (1984)
* Ran (1985)
* The Sea and Poison (1986)
* A Taxing Woman (1987)
* My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
* Black Rain (1989)
* Childhood Days (1990)
* My Sons (1991)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
* All Under the Moon (1993)
* A Dedicated Life (1994)
* A Last Note (1995)
* Shall We Dance? (1996)
* Princess Mononoke (1997)
* Begging for Love (1998)
* Poppoya (1999)
* Face (2000)
* Spirited Away (2001)
* The Twilight Samurai (2002)
* Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
* Blood and Bones (2004)
* Break Through! (2005)
* Sway (2006)
* I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
* Departures (2008)
* The Unbroken (2009)
* Villain (2010)
* Postcard (2011)
* A Terminal Trust (2012)
* The Great Passage (2013)
* My Man (2014)
* Three Stories of Love (2015)
* Shin Godzilla (2016)
* Hanagatami (2017)
* Shoplifters (2018)
* Listen to the Universe  (2019)
* Mother (2020)
* Drive My Car (2021)
* Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
* Okiku and the World (2023)
* All the Long Nights (2024)

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Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film

1927–1940|

* Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927)
* A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928)
* Jobless Samurai (1929)
* Beheading Place (1930)
* What Made Her Do It? (1931)
* The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932)
* I Was Born, But... (1933)
* Passing Fancy (1934)
* A Story of Floating Weeds (1935)
* Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936)
* Sisters of the Gion (1937)
* Limitless Advance (1938)
* Five Scouts (1939)
* Earth (1940)

1941–1960|

* Kojima no haru (1941)
* The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1942)
* The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1943)
* Morning for the Osone Family (1947)
* A Ball at the Anjo House (1948)
* Drunken Angel (1949)
* Late Spring (1950)
* Until We Meet Again (1951)
* Early Summer (1952)
* Ikiru (1953)
* An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954)
* Twenty-Four Eyes (1955)
* Floating Clouds (1956)
* Darkness at Noon (1957)
* The Rice People (1958)
* The Ballad of Narayama (1959)
* Kiku to Isamu (1960)

1961–1980|

* Her Brother (1961)
* Bad Boys (1962)
* Being Two Isn't Easy (1963)
* The Insect Woman (1964)
* Woman in the Dunes (1965)
* Red Beard (1966)
* The Great White Tower (1967)
* Samurai Rebellion (1968)
* The Profound Desire of the Gods (1969)
* Double Suicide (1970)
* Where Spring Comes Late (1971)
* The Ceremony (1972)
* The Long Darkness (1973)
* Tsugaru Folk Song (1974)
* Sandakan No. 8 (1975)
* Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976)
* The Youth Killer (1977)
* The Yellow Handkerchief (1978)
* Third Base (1979)
* Vengeance Is Mine (1980)

1981–2000|

* Zigeunerweisen (1981)
* Muddy River (1982)
* Fall Guy (1983)
* The Family Game (1984)
* The Funeral (1985)
* And Then (1986)
* The Sea and Poison (1987)
* A Taxing Woman (1988)
* My Neighbor Totoro (1989)
* Black Rain (1990)
* The Cherry Orchard (1991)
* My Sons (1992)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
* All Under the Moon (1994)
* A Dedicated Life (1995)
* A Last Note (1996)
* Shall We Dance? (1997)
* The Eel (1998)
* Fireworks (1998)
* Wait and See (2000)

2001–2020|

* Face (2001)
* Go (2002)
* The Twilight Samurai (2003)
* A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2004)
* Nobody Knows (2005)
* Break Through! (2006)
* Hula Girls (2007)
* I Just Didn't Do It (2008)
* Departures (2009)
* Dear Doctor (2010)
* Villain (2011)
* Postcard (2012)
* Our Homeland (2013)
* Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014)
* The Light Shines Only There (2015)
* Three Stories of Love (2016)
* In This Corner of the World (2017)
* The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018)
* Shoplifters (2019)
* It Feels So Good (2020)

2021–present|

* Wife of a Spy (2021)
* Drive My Car (2022)
* Small, Slow But Steady (2023)
* Okiku and the World (2024)
* All the Long Nights (2025)

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